Ladies, if you’ve ever rocked a weave, afro or braids to work, you are familiar with the two questions that your white coworkers generally ask: 1) how’d you do that and 2) is it yours? Your black female coworkers generally ask a different set of questions: 1) what kind of hair did you use and 2) who is your stylist? White people are becoming more and more accustomed to our frequent hairstyle changes, especially with our generation and the one following us acting as their cultural gateway to understand the different processes and possibilities for black women’s hair. A black woman’s hairstyle can symbolize all or nothing about her. Since there are so many ways that hair politics play a part in the workplace, the questions I ask you is: is it really just hair?
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The best website for spa travel according to USA Today and Forbes Magazine is Spafinder. They have just entered the digital world as they have released an iPhone app.
The free iPhone app allows spa-goers to search SpaFinder’s exhaustive database of more than 5,000 day and destination spas around the world by price, deals, treatments, and online booking availability. Each spa in the database includes an overview, treatment menu, and customer reviews. The app currently allows users to instantly book appointments at more than 1,000 spas in the United States. Future versions will allow instant reservations at spas in additional regions worldwide.
Dr. Micheal Lomax, former Dillard University President, shares his thoughts of the importance of continuing the legacy of Historically Black Colleges and University.
via: HBO Blacklist Volume 3.
Rising star artist, musician and poet Amiri Gueka Farris is in the middle of launching his latest multi media Black history Month platform in Myrle Beach, North Carolina. From February 1-28,2010, Farris’ work will be on display at the 14th Annual Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration. Along with artists Allen Fireall and Keith Herrington, Amiri has be selected as the featured artist of the month at Friedman’s Fine Art Gallery in Savannah, Georgia. Finally, Farris’ Africanolgy Realities in the American Worlds exhibition began on February 8 and will run until March 8 at Savannah State University.
I see you, Mr. and Ms. Young Black Professional. You have your power suits pressed, your business cards handy, your elevator pitch is memorized and your networking skills are honed with precision. You have your mentors lined up and you know exactly where you’re headed. You’ve completed your 5 year plan, 10 year plan, and your personal strategic plan. All of your Is are dotted and your Ts are crossed. There’s just one important detail that ties it all together.
